U.S. House

11/06/2011

Just who the hell do these (7 Republican) members of Congress think they are? On one hand, what business is it of our House of supposed Representatives to tell Egypt's new government how to treat religion? On the other hand, what is the point of some stupid little time-wasting "resolution" to encourage the new government of Egypt to do anything? H. Res. 459 (Encouraging any new government convened in Egypt to fully allow for freedom of religion) is yet another symptom of the ridiculous overreach of those who actually do seem to Occupy D.C.

Look around, dwellers of the D.C. influence and power market. Our country is in the toilet and you have the incredible arrogance to assume that some congressional "resolution" is going to influence the radical islamists who are likely to form Egypt's new government. So many big-mouthed know-it-alls thought that democracy was in action with the overthrow of the previous government... the people of Egypt will get what they (and many of the busy-bodies in our country) supported.

The Telegraph's Linda Weller has the story (see above) on Alton Mayor Tom Hoechst turning down a federal SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) grant. The mayor decided not to take the pork secured by Rep Jerry Costello (D- Belleville) for a good reason. His reason is one of two good reasons to "just say no" to such pork.

Mayor Hoechst's explanation for declining the grant displayed common sense and a level of responsibility I find refreshing in a Dem politician, or any politician for that matter. Of course, this decision will not play well with the zero-liability voters, who reside in Alton in high numbers.

It is nice that Comrade Obama has the tax revenue to finance his endless campaign activities. That is, after all what 52.7% of the voters in the last Presidential election said they were simply craving. The FFT (Feckless Fifty-Two point seven percent) elected a man to campaign for the passage of legislation and government incursions that comprise the subject matter which inspires every statist's nocturnal emissions. The reader of TOTUS, who cannot get out a sentence without the benefit of another man's script, is suited for nothing other than spokes-model for the statist propaganda.

11/08/2009

This is not intended to paint the entire generation that followed the "Greatest Generation" with the same red brush. There are certainly patriotic citizens and those who cherish the liberty our founders established among the offspring of the generation who fought World War II. I am related by blood and by marriage to such patriotic children of the "Greatest Generation".

This is about the groovy hippies who never grew out of that phase. This is about the "peace" and "love" types like Bill Ayers who likely mentored Barack Obama more than he would ever admit to the voting public. This is about those who were born in the forties and went from the university to law school to Congress and soaked up all the Marxist ideology they could along the way. This is about those who went from hippy to Congressional intestinal worm and have infested the Capitol for decades. This is about the likes of George Miller (Dimocrat CA-7), who has been in the House since he was twenty-nine years old in 1974. Thank God all of California isn't the same as San Francisco (of course I thank God all of Illinois isn't the same as Chicago too). It is too bad California doesn't have more representatives like the elder and younger Duncan Hunter!

05/29/2008

U.S. Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is the chairman of the House global warming panel. This fact alone indicates that the man is of questionable character and/or intelligence. The fact that the House throws taxpayer dollars away by having such boondoggles as the global warming panel should be enough to make any reasonable citizen a little warmer (the result of rage.)

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House global warming panel, will introduce a bill next week that would cut emissions 85 percent below 2005 levels by 2050, more than the leading Senate bill to be debated on the floor next week.

Markey said the measure would generate $8 trillion through the auctioning of emissions allowances to polluters.

That money would be spent on developing new technologies like carbon capture and storage, retraining workers in green-collar jobs and helping consumers reduce their energy costs.

And:

Markey’s bill would not give polluters free emission allowances, but instead immediately put a price on emissions in an auction. That would likely raise the cost of compliance earlier than the Senate measure and therefore is likely to be opposed by the business community.

Markey said auctioning the allowances rather than handing them out for free would force industries to invest in energy-efficiency technologies that would allow them to reach emission targets in the near term.

“The business community that has been polluting has to accept the responsibility that this is a price that has been paid for by the society as a whole,” Markey said.

There are two possibilities to explain Rep. Markey's bill (the same two possibilities would seem likely for most libiot proposals.) Rep. Markey may indeed be so stupid that he believes that his bill will help the electorate that he supposedly represents or may even be the right thing to do as far as carrying out the duties of his office. If this is the case, perhaps the people of Massachusetts should ask for IQ test scores before deciding how to vote on future candidates. (We would probably ask for them in Illinois if we didn't believe that the Chicago Corruption Machine would get by with whatever it pleases.)

Does Rep. Markey know who would ultimately pay the $8 trillion? Maybe even the citizens of Taxachusetts might see prices of their gasoline and their manufactured items increase dramatically. This windfall for the ever-inflating government would be used to develop new technologies... by who? Will the efficiency of the Post Office or the IRS be applied to these developments? Does Rep. Markey have a view of reality that is so twisted that he honestly believes that punitive charges for production will not adversely affect the citizens that buy the products and have retirement plans invested in these businesses?

The second, and more likely possibility is also the more disappointing. Libiots such as Rep. Markey likely realize the the severe negative impact their proposals will have on this nation and its citizens. In fact, libiots such as Rep. Markey are likely counting on this negative impact! Libiots need dependents and bills such as this one provide them. The more expensive gasoline and manufactured goods become, the more people will seek government assistance and demand government action. The libiots in government can play the role of protector and champion of the common man while pointing the finger of accusation at the villainous and evil scourge known as business.

Political pythons such as Rep. Markey are far too common in our government. The problem can only worsen unless the electorate pays attention to the actions and motivations of those we elect.